Sunday, March 23, 2008

Chocolate-Mint Bars

These minty brownie bars were pictured on the cover of the March Cooking Light magazine and were so appealing that I had to make them! In hindsight, I should have made them for St. Patrick's Day, but whatever.

I read a lot of reviews on the CLBB, and everyone said the bottom layer of this recipe is bizarrely spongey and not that great. Recommendations were made to replace the bottom with some standard brownies. So that is what I chose to do.

But instead of trying a new brownie recipe, I decided to buy some No-Pudge Original Brownie mix, which is fat-free, low in calories, and super easy (you just have to add yogurt). It also makes surprisingly tasty brownies.

So I made those brownies in place of the base layer of the original recipe and then followed the recipe as written. It was fairly simple to make and tastes very good!!! The minty flavor is strong but in a good way, like a Peppermint Patty. I would make these again, repeating the changes that I made.

I'm going to post the original recipe here, but replace the brownie layer with standard brownies if you so desire.